Interim Commercial Finance Consultant

Description

Axon Moore are working with a leading global manufacturer who are looking for an interim commercial finance consultant to cover a period of change.

As an senior interim member of the finance leadership team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping financial governance and performance across our long-term projects and contracts. You will operate in a fast-paced, evolving environment, providing strategic financial leadership while ensuring robust control, insight, and accountability as the business scales to meet future challenges.

Duties:

Provide end-to-end financial leadership for long-term projects and contracts, including revenue recognition, margin management, cost-to-complete forecasting, variance analysis, and proactive risk and opportunity management.

Set the standard for project accounting controls, ensuring strong governance, accuracy, transparency, and compliance across the project portfolio.

Drive enhanced cost visibility and embed disciplined financial management across all projects.

Act as a strategic finance partner to senior stakeholders across project management, operations, procurement, and commercial functions.

Lead and challenge the financial assumptions underpinning project forecasts, investment proposals, and operational plans, influencing outcomes through insight and evidence.

Deliver clear, commercially focused analysis to support executive-level decision-making.

Identify and lead cost optimisation, efficiency improvements, and margin enhancement initiatives with measurable impact.

Design, implement, and continuously improve best-in-class project accounting processes, controls, and reporting frameworks.

Strengthen forecasting accuracy, financial governance, and performance management across the full project lifecycle.

Champion a culture of accountability, cost ownership, and continuous improvement throughout the organisation.

Lead cross-functional change initiatives to professionalise project finance capability and ways of working.

Provide regular, high-quality reporting to senior leadership on project performance, risks, and delivery outcomes.

Prepare and present concise, influential financial insights and recommendations to executive and board-level stakeholders

Person Specification

Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).

Significant experience in senior project finance or business partnering roles within engineering, automotive, logistics, or other long-term contract environments.

Proven track record of influencing senior stakeholders, challenging assumptions, and driving improved financial and commercial outcomes.

Strong experience working across complex, matrixed organisations with operations, procurement, and commercial teams.

Highly developed analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to translate complexity into clear actions.

Advanced Excel capability; financial modelling and systems improvement experience strongly desirable.

Confident communicator with the credibility to engage, challenge, and influence at executive level.

A leadership mindset with strong attention to detail, intellectual curiosity, and a continuous improvement ethos. xjnqpsq

Hybrid working available, 3 days in the office.

Outside IR35

Potential for temp to perm

Ad ID: 5417768982